Can you help in the battle against Ice?

Local police are echoing pleas from the state's top cop for help to stamp out what's being called the "scourge of ice."

The NSW Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione has announced an advertising campaign to calling for people to pick up the phone and dob in suspected dealers or crooks.

The images show people looking over fences or through windows where drug deals are going down, and families in obvious signs of distress because of the problems they are facing with their drug addiction.

Police in the New England North West acknowledge "Ice" is a problem and despite some recent successes, they do need the public's help.

The Acting Crime Manager, Jason Darcy from the Oxley LAC based in Tamworth says the battle against the drug is being waged on many levels, and there have been some successes with arrests in Gunnedah and Tamworth recently.

"We targeted the Rebel's bikie club and we made some substantial arrests and made some inroads into the ice distribution in this area," he says.

But Inspector Darcy says police can't do it alone.

"It all comes back to the community - if people want to live in a safe community they need to come forward and tell us," he says.

Inspector Darcy's comments are echoed by those of David Silversides, the Barwon LAC Crime Manager who says ice is a major concern in the Moree and Narrabri Local Government Areas and beyond.

"Our main focus is working with community and other government agencies to address some of these issues,"

"It has a huge impact on the individual, but the flow on effect to families is a significant one, and the flow on to community around them," he adds.

Mr Silversides says the people are making calls and feeding information to the police, the ice problem but it needs to be dealt with through law enforcement, education and health.

The Barwon LAC reports a 124% increase in arrests for amphetamines in the last two years. A number of operations since January have resulted in 150 drug detections, and 15 search warrants being issued.

Mr Silversides says nothing is too small or insignificant as far as information from the public is concerns.

If you have information call you local police or Crimestoppers on 1300 333 000